Terms and conditions

READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS (the “T&C”) CAREFULLY AS THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RELATIONS WITH DUKASCOPY

Contest Philosophy

Before starting trading in the Contest it is recommended to read the Philosophy of the Contest. To win the Trader contest a participant needs to achieve the following goals:

  1. To reach the maximum profit within 1 month with the maximum loss limit of 100’000 USD.
  2. To attract other traders to copy trades generated by the contestant’s trading strategies by showing them outstanding quality of trading.
Additionally Dukascopy expects from participants:
  1. To show long-term consistent trading results (6 and 12 months respective).
  2. To explain the idea of the trading strategy and the decision behind each action to other traders.

The Trader Contest should be considered as trading within the monthly limit of 100,000 US dollars renewable each month. The loss of all funds during the contest month should be considered as loss of monthly limit rather than loss of all funds on regular trading account.

One of the contest’s goals is to attract other traders to copy participant’s trades. Number of subscribers is an important factor to win the prize.

Participating in the Trader contest automatically means participating in the Signal Provider Grand Prix with additional prizes! Each month five traders with the highest average profitability in six-month and/or 12-month nomination will compete for additional money prizes. Moreover, the best trader in the 12-month nomination will be awarded a 2,000 USD money prize and the title of the Trader of the Year. Keep in mind that the long term contest (Grand Prix) is based on the two criteria – your equity growth and draw-down.

Scalping and using high leverage are not welcome in the Contest. The set of rules was introduced to encourage predictability, explanations and the ability to reproduce (copy) the trades of the contestants. To ensure this, the rules of the contest contain specific trading conditions and restrictions. Also, one of the main ideas of the rules is to reduce possible cheating.

The Trader Contest is the place where all participants can promote themselves as traders and become popular. Trade, win, create a track record and use it to present yourself. Trader contest is a great place to make a trading career!

Contest Model

Dukascopy Trader Contest (the "Contest") is a forex competition between participants using DEMO accounts for manual trading only (the "Participants"). Any forms of automated trading are forbidden. Several trading limitations are designed to make the competition more fair and analytical.

Participants are expected to keep a register of their trading activity: write blog posts about their deals, trading methods, expectations, thoughts behind the deals, trading plans and other related to the Participant’s trading information. Plagiarism is strictly forbidden. The amount of the quoted text must correspond with the purpose of citing.

The posts of each participant are displayed in “Trader's blog” section on his contest page and also in Community Blog and are tagged “Trader's blog”. The quality and accuracy of these records will be beneficial for obtaining more blog points from Contest’s moderator.

Final ranking of participant represents the sum of points for pure trading performance, copied volume by the signal subscribers, quality of orders and the points for Trader's blog.

Despite the fact the Trader contest leaders table will show participants with less than 60% max draw-down for the current month the traders with higher draw-down can also claim prizes.

The Contest is conducted regularly on a monthly basis. The total prize fund is 28,000$ to be shared among the winners.

Registration Rules

  1. The Contest is held by Dukascopy ('Dukascopy') on DEMO accounts for manually trading on a regular monthly basis.
  2. For each respective month, registration opens on the 25th day of the previous month and remains available until the 25th day of that month. For example, registration for January 2011 is opened from 25.12.2010 till 25.01.2011
  3. Only persons aged 18 or over are eligible to apply for a registration in the Contest.
  4. Participants agree to provide true information during registration. If a Participant becomes eligible for any prize, information provided during his/her registration will be used for the opening of a live account with Dukascopy in the name of that Participant. In case of information being false, inaccurate or incomplete, Dukascopy may declare the participation in the Contest void at any time and at its sole discretion.
  5. Participant must register under a unique 'Nickname' which can not be used by any third person in the future. Among other, multiple registrations and/or use of proxy servers may result in the relevant Participant's disqualification.
  6. Participants shall acknowledge and agree that their trading history, any picture, personal data, and any other information posted on Dukascopy's Traders Blog are accessible to the public and that Dukascopy does not ensure any confidentiality in this respect whether or not participants already have a live account open with Dukascopy or intend / need to open such live account. Consequently, participants shall waive expressly the benefit of Swiss Banking Secrecy and release Dukascopy from any liability in that respect in the frame of the Trader Contest / Traders Blog.
  7. Participants shall acknowledge and accept that, in case they are awarded with a prize by Dukascopy, they may be asked to participate in promotional events, interviews, public announcements in connection with the Contest and that Dukascopy may make use of their names, trading history and references. Consequently, participants shall waive expressly the benefit of Swiss Banking Secrecy and release Dukascopy from any liability in that respect.
  8. Participants further acknowledge and agree that should they refuse Dukascopy's request to participate in above-mentioned promotional events, Dukascopy has the right to disqualify such participants and to give the respective prize to other participants.
  9. It is forbidden to use any kind of links in the profile pictures. Any sort of advertisement, restricted sensible content is also not allowed. Dukascopy reserves the right to delete the avatar upon detection of this rule's violation.
  10. Login names containing any trademarks of Dukascopy or its products are not allowed. Words like 'Dukascopy', 'SWFX', 'JForex' and other brand names associated with Dukascopy are forbidden.

Trading Rules

  1. Contest accounts are registered with an initial deposit of USD 100,000.
  2. Trading can be performed using the Java, Android and iPhone/iPad/iPod platforms (no trading possible via web-platform).
  3. The minimum and maximum order size is 100,000 and 5,000,000 currency units respectively.
  4. Only 5 instruments can be opened simultaneously by a Participant.
  5. Only 1 position could be opened at any instrument (if there is already an entry order, there is no possibility to open a market order and vice versa).
  6. The total amount of positions opened during the Contest by one Participant must be at least 10. At the end of the Contest all open positions will be automatically closed 1 hour prior to the settlement.
  7. All positions must have Take Profit (TP) and Stop Loss (SL) orders assigned.
  8. Take profit and Stop Loss levels should not exceed 2% from the opening price for EUR/USD. Limits for the rest instruments recalculating each settlement according to "Pip Conversion Schedule". E.g. Limits for AUD/JPY=(EUR/USD Points/AUD/JPY Points)*2%=1/1.74*2=1.15%; for EUR/NOK=(EUR/USD Points/EUR/NOK Points)*2%=1/0.17*2=11.76%, etc.
  9. TP, SL levels can not initially be set closer than 5 pips either to market price, or to entry price.
  10. It is forbidden to cancel already set SLs and TPs.
  11. All contest trading accounts are subject to the same margin requirements and policies as regular demo accounts. This includes the application of end-of-week leverage (1:30) each Friday, at 18:00 GMT.
Pip Conversion Schedule (by last settlement)
Instrument Rate 1 pip value
$/1Mio$
Points
ADA/USD 0.6850 14599 165.38
AED/CNH 1.9798 51 0.57
AED/CZK 5.9971 167 1.89
AED/HKD 2.1115 47 0.54
AED/HUF 97.1970 103 1.17
AED/JPY 38.96 257 2.91
AED/MXN 5.3426 19 0.21
AED/RON 1.1971 84 0.95
AED/SAR 1.0212 98 1.11
AED/THB 9.0915 1100 12.46
AED/TRY 10.4872 10 0.11
AED/ZAR 5.0653 20 0.22
AUD/AED 2.3507 43 0.48
AUD/CAD 0.8834 113 1.28
AUD/CHF 0.5291 189 2.14
AUD/CNH 4.6539 21 0.24
AUD/CZK 14.0733 71 0.8
AUD/DKK 4.2171 24 0.27
AUD/HKD 4.9617 20 0.23
AUD/HUF 228.5675 44 0.5
AUD/ILS 2.3220 43 0.49
AUD/JPY 91.59 109 1.24
AUD/MXN 12.5588 8 0.09
AUD/NOK 6.6591 15 0.17
AUD/NZD 1.0788 93 1.05
AUD/PLN 2.4165 41 0.47
AUD/RON 2.8142 36 0.4
AUD/SAR 2.4003 42 0.47
AUD/SEK 6.1823 16 0.18
AUD/SGD 0.8366 120 1.35
AUD/THB 21.3590 468 5.3
AUD/TRY 24.6209 4 0.05
AUD/USD 0.6402 156 1.77
AUD/ZAR 11.8978 8 0.1
AVE/USD 165.3975 60 0.68
BAT/USD 0.1523 657 7.44
BCH/CHF 302.8500 3302 37.41
BCH/EUR 323.4000 3092 35.03
BCH/GBP 274.8500 3638 41.22
BCH/USD 366.3000 2730 30.93
BTC/CHF 78 203.2500 13 0.14
BTC/EUR 83 523.6000 12 0.14
BTC/GBP 70 967.3500 14 0.16
BTC/USD 94 592.3000 11 0.12
CAD/AED 2.6615 38 0.43
CAD/CHF 0.5990 167 1.89
CAD/CNH 5.2697 19 0.21
CAD/CZK 15.9514 63 0.71
CAD/DKK 4.7763 21 0.24
CAD/HKD 5.6225 18 0.2
CAD/HUF 258.8680 39 0.44
CAD/ILS 2.6287 38 0.43
CAD/JPY 103.69 96 1.09
CAD/MXN 14.2194 7 0.08
CAD/NOK 7.5372 13 0.15
CAD/PLN 2.7383 37 0.41
CAD/RON 3.1863 31 0.36
CAD/SAR 2.7181 37 0.42
CAD/SEK 7.0048 14 0.16
CAD/SGD 0.9471 106 1.2
CAD/THB 24.2075 413 4.68
CAD/TRY 27.9125 4 0.04
CAD/USD 0.7248 14 0.16
CAD/ZAR 13.4818 7 0.08
CHF/AED 4.4416 23 0.26
CHF/CNH 8.7993 11 0.13
CHF/CZK 26.6449 38 0.43
CHF/DKK 7.9732 13 0.14
CHF/EUR 1.0682 94 1.06
CHF/HKD 9.3860 11 0.12
CHF/HUF 432.2460 23 0.26
CHF/ILS 4.3883 23 0.26
CHF/JPY 173.06 58 0.65
CHF/MXN 23.7400 4 0.05
CHF/NOK 12.5829 8 0.09
CHF/PLN 4.5719 22 0.25
CHF/RON 5.3196 19 0.21
CHF/SAR 4.5371 22 0.25
CHF/SEK 11.6933 9 0.1
CHF/SGD 1.5829 63 0.72
CHF/THB 40.5805 246 2.79
CHF/TRY 46.7427 2 0.02
CHF/USD 1.2102 8 0.09
CHF/ZAR 22.5159 4 0.05
CMP/USD 40.8700 2447 27.72
CNH/CZK 3.0288 330 3.74
CNH/HKD 1.0669 94 1.06
CNH/HUF 49.1120 204 2.31
CNH/JPY 19.67 508 5.76
CNH/MXN 2.6993 37 0.42
CNH/THB 4.5950 2176 24.65
CNH/TRY 5.3220 19 0.21
CNH/ZAR 2.5588 39 0.44
CZK/HUF 16.2323 62 0.7
CZK/JPY 6.49 154 1.74
CZK/THB 1.5179 7 0.07
CZK/TRY 1.7544 6 0.06
DGE/USD 0.1735 57637 652.95
DKK/AED 0.5572 179 2.03
DKK/AUD 0.2371 42 0.48
DKK/CNH 1.1035 91 1.03
DKK/CZK 3.3394 299 3.39
DKK/HKD 1.1771 85 0.96
DKK/HUF 54.2025 184 2.09
DKK/ILS 0.5507 182 2.06
DKK/JPY 21.71 5 0.05
DKK/MXN 2.9773 34 0.38
DKK/RON 0.6671 150 1.7
DKK/SAR 0.5691 176 1.99
DKK/THB 5.0775 1969 22.31
DKK/TRY 5.8437 17 0.19
DKK/ZAR 2.8228 35 0.4
DSH/USD 23.4840 426 4.82
ENJ/USD 0.2115 47281 535.63
EOS/USD 0.6854 1459 16.53
ETC/USD 16.6150 6019 68.18
ETH/CHF 1 484.0000 674 7.63
ETH/EUR 1 585.0000 631 7.15
ETH/GBP 1 346.8000 743 8.41
ETH/USD 1 795.3500 557 6.31
EUR/AED 4.1594 24 0.27
EUR/AUD 1.7694 57 0.64
EUR/CAD 1.5628 64 0.72
EUR/CHF 0.9362 107 1.21
EUR/CNH 8.2357 12 0.14
EUR/CZK 24.9297 40 0.45
EUR/DKK 7.4647 13 0.15
EUR/GBP 0.8500 118 1.33
EUR/HKD 8.7866 11 0.13
EUR/HUF 404.5835 25 0.28
EUR/ILS 4.1078 24 0.28
EUR/JPY 162.01 62 0.7
EUR/MXN 22.2224 4 0.05
EUR/NOK 11.7798 8 0.1
EUR/NZD 1.9090 52 0.59
EUR/PLN 4.2776 23 0.26
EUR/RON 4.9796 20 0.23
EUR/SAR 4.2476 24 0.27
EUR/SEK 10.9464 9 0.1
EUR/SGD 1.4793 68 0.77
EUR/THB 37.8875 264 2.99
EUR/TRY 43.7601 2 0.03
EUR/USD 1.1329 88 1
EUR/ZAR 21.0678 5 0.05
GBP/AED 4.8951 20 0.23
GBP/AUD 2.0818 48 0.54
GBP/CAD 1.8391 54 0.62
GBP/CHF 1.1013 91 1.03
GBP/CNH 9.6896 10 0.12
GBP/CZK 29.3263 34 0.39
GBP/DKK 8.7833 11 0.13
GBP/HKD 10.3363 10 0.11
GBP/HUF 475.9655 21 0.24
GBP/ILS 4.8349 21 0.23
GBP/JPY 190.70 52 0.59
GBP/MXN 26.1513 4 0.04
GBP/NOK 13.8603 7 0.08
GBP/NZD 2.2462 45 0.5
GBP/PLN 5.0349 20 0.22
GBP/RON 5.8591 17 0.19
GBP/SAR 4.9980 20 0.23
GBP/SEK 12.8768 8 0.09
GBP/SGD 1.7416 57 0.65
GBP/THB 44.5445 224 2.54
GBP/TRY 51.5414 2 0.02
GBP/USD 1.3330 75 0.85
GBP/ZAR 24.7845 4 0.05
HKD/CZK 2.8371 352 3.99
HKD/HUF 46.0485 217 2.46
HKD/JPY 18.43 5 0.06
HKD/MXN 2.5297 40 0.45
HKD/THB 4.3055 2323 26.31
HKD/TRY 4.9854 20 0.23
HKD/ZAR 2.3993 42 0.47
ILS/AED 1.0123 99 1.12
ILS/CNH 2.0049 50 0.57
ILS/CZK 6.0703 165 1.87
ILS/HKD 2.1376 47 0.53
ILS/HUF 98.2415 102 1.15
ILS/JPY 39.44 254 2.87
ILS/MXN 5.4094 18 0.21
ILS/RON 1.2122 82 0.93
ILS/SAR 1.0339 97 1.1
ILS/THB 9.1930 1088 12.32
ILS/TRY 10.6145 9 0.11
ILS/ZAR 5.1306 19 0.22
IOT/USD 0.2080 48077 544.64
JPY/HUF 2.50 40 0.45
LNK/USD 14.3145 699 7.91
LTC/CHF 69.5500 14378 162.88
LTC/EUR 74.2500 13468 152.57
LTC/GBP 63.1000 15848 179.53
LTC/USD 84.1000 11891 134.7
MAN/USD 0.3190 31348 355.13
MAT/USD 0.2370 42194 478
MKR/USD 1 477.1150 68 0.77
MXN/CHF 0.0421 237 2.69
MXN/CZK 1.1224 9 0.1
MXN/HUF 18.2010 55 0.62
MXN/JPY 7.29 14 0.16
MXN/THB 1.7026 6 0.07
MXN/TRY 1.9681 51 0.58
NEO/USD 6.1000 16393 185.71
NOK/AED 0.3530 283 3.21
NOK/CNH 0.6988 143 1.62
NOK/CZK 2.1177 472 5.35
NOK/DKK 0.6337 158 1.79
NOK/HKD 0.7456 134 1.52
NOK/HUF 34.3515 291 3.3
NOK/ILS 0.3487 287 3.25
NOK/JPY 13.75 7 0.08
NOK/MXN 1.8857 53 0.6
NOK/RON 0.4226 237 2.68
NOK/SAR 0.3604 277 3.14
NOK/SEK 0.9293 108 1.22
NOK/THB 3.2100 3115 35.29
NOK/TRY 3.7136 27 0.31
NOK/ZAR 1.7873 56 0.63
NZD/AED 2.1789 46 0.52
NZD/AUD 0.9270 11 0.12
NZD/CAD 0.8188 122 1.38
NZD/CHF 0.4903 204 2.31
NZD/CNH 4.3145 23 0.26
NZD/CZK 13.0663 77 0.87
NZD/DKK 3.9105 26 0.29
NZD/HKD 4.6030 2172 24.61
NZD/HUF 211.9415 47 0.53
NZD/ILS 2.1522 46 0.53
NZD/JPY 84.86 118 1.34
NZD/MXN 11.6425 9 0.1
NZD/NOK 6.1701 16 0.18
NZD/PLN 2.2420 45 0.51
NZD/RON 2.6088 38 0.43
NZD/SAR 2.2254 45 0.51
NZD/SEK 5.7343 17 0.2
NZD/SGD 0.7753 129 1.46
NZD/THB 19.8150 505 5.72
NZD/TRY 22.9195 4 0.05
NZD/USD 0.5935 168 1.91
NZD/ZAR 11.0383 9 0.1
PLN/AED 0.9712 103 1.17
PLN/CNH 1.9245 52 0.59
PLN/CZK 5.8229 172 1.95
PLN/DKK 1.7451 57 0.65
PLN/HKD 2.0541 49 0.55
PLN/HUF 94.5200 106 1.2
PLN/ILS 0.9601 104 1.18
PLN/JPY 37.84 264 2.99
PLN/MXN 5.1938 19 0.22
PLN/NOK 2.7522 36 0.41
PLN/RON 1.1639 86 0.97
PLN/SAR 0.9926 101 1.14
PLN/SEK 2.5576 39 0.44
PLN/THB 8.8421 11 0.13
PLN/TRY 10.2228 10 0.11
PLN/ZAR 4.9256 20 0.23
RON/CNH 1.6536 60 0.69
RON/CZK 5.0086 200 2.26
RON/HKD 1.7645 57 0.64
RON/HUF 81.2360 123 1.39
RON/JPY 32.53 307 3.48
RON/MXN 4.4627 22 0.25
RON/THB 7.6095 1314 14.89
RON/TRY 8.7831 11 0.13
RON/ZAR 4.2318 24 0.27
SAR/CNH 1.9387 52 0.58
SAR/CZK 5.8732 170 1.93
SAR/HKD 2.0685 48 0.55
SAR/HUF 95.1770 105 1.19
SAR/JPY 38.13 262 2.97
SAR/MXN 5.2321 19 0.22
SAR/RON 1.1724 85 0.97
SAR/THB 8.9020 1123 12.73
SAR/TRY 10.3007 10 0.11
SAR/ZAR 4.9603 20 0.23
SEK/AED 0.3800 263 2.98
SEK/CNH 0.7524 133 1.51
SEK/CZK 2.2787 439 4.97
SEK/DKK 0.6819 147 1.66
SEK/HKD 0.8027 125 1.41
SEK/HUF 36.9625 271 3.06
SEK/ILS 0.3753 266 3.02
SEK/JPY 14.80 7 0.08
SEK/MXN 2.0302 49 0.56
SEK/RON 0.4549 220 2.49
SEK/SAR 0.3880 258 2.92
SEK/THB 3.4545 2895 32.79
SEK/TRY 3.9975 25 0.28
SEK/ZAR 1.9247 52 0.59
SGD/AED 2.8101 36 0.4
SGD/CNH 5.5634 18 0.2
SGD/CZK 16.8521 59 0.67
SGD/DKK 5.0459 20 0.22
SGD/HKD 5.9395 17 0.19
SGD/HUF 273.3190 37 0.41
SGD/ILS 2.7767 36 0.41
SGD/JPY 109.45 91 1.04
SGD/MXN 15.0117 7 0.08
SGD/NOK 7.9608 13 0.14
SGD/PLN 2.8902 35 0.39
SGD/RON 3.3636 30 0.34
SGD/SAR 2.8692 35 0.39
SGD/SEK 7.3960 14 0.15
SGD/THB 25.5785 391 4.43
SGD/TRY 29.5649 3 0.04
SGD/ZAR 14.2388 7 0.08
THB/HUF 10.6792 9 0.11
THB/JPY 4.28 23 0.26
TRX/USD 0.2467 405 4.59
TRY/AUD 0.0406 246 2.79
TRY/HUF 9.2360 1083 12.27
TRY/JPY 3.71 2694 30.51
TRY/SEK 0.2502 400 4.53
TRY/THB 0.8642 116 1.31
UNI/USD 5.3160 1881 21.31
USD/AED 3.6717 27 0.31
USD/AUD 1.5620 6 0.07
USD/CAD 1.3797 72 0.82
USD/CHF 0.8263 121 1.37
USD/CNH 7.2690 14 0.16
USD/CZK 22.0195 45 0.51
USD/DKK 6.5889 15 0.17
USD/EUR 0.8827 11 0.13
USD/GBP 0.7502 13 0.15
USD/HKD 7.7553 13 0.15
USD/HUF 356.9875 28 0.32
USD/ILS 3.6269 28 0.31
USD/JPY 143.06 70 0.79
USD/MXN 19.6163 5 0.06
USD/NOK 10.4026 10 0.11
USD/NZD 1.6849 59 0.67
USD/PLN 3.7748 26 0.3
USD/RON 4.3956 23 0.26
USD/SAR 3.7492 27 0.3
USD/SEK 9.6604 10 0.12
USD/SGD 1.3067 77 0.87
USD/THB 33.3915 30 0.34
USD/TRY 38.5005 3 0.03
USD/ZAR 18.5972 5 0.06
UST/CHF 0.8280 121 1.37
UST/EUR 0.8843 113 1.28
UST/GBP 0.7513 133 1.51
UST/USD 1.0015 100 1.13
XLM/CHF 0.2248 445 5.04
XLM/EUR 0.2401 416 4.72
XLM/GBP 0.2040 490 5.55
XLM/USD 0.2720 368 4.17
XMR/USD 183.5400 54 0.62
XRP/USD 2.1990 4548 51.52
XTZ/USD 1.2200 81967 928.57
YFI/USD 5 618.6000 178 2.02
ZAR/CZK 1.1842 844 9.57
ZAR/HUF 19.1870 521 5.9
ZAR/JPY 7.69 1300 14.73
ZAR/MXN 1.0545 95 1.07
ZAR/THB 1.7965 5566 63.06
ZAR/TRY 2.0767 48 0.55

Key Limitations

  1. Every Participant should have only one unique nickname and email linked with his/her personal details, which will be used for the account opening with Dukascopy in case of awarding of a Contest prize.
  2. Only Participants who have a positive balance more than 100,000 may claim to be awarded by any of the prizes.
  3. Trader’s blog posts should not be shorter than 50 words and may be written in any language. In case post contains picture or chart the limitation lowers to 20 words.
  4. Use of offensive or abusive language may cause disqualification from Dukascopy Community and Contest.
  5. Official results of every month will be published during 2 weeks.
  6. Dukascopy reserves the right to set a 1-day ban to any contest participant or community user in case of continuous breaches of contest rules. A permanent disqualification can be applied if a serious violation is detected.

Ranking Calculation Rules

Each month, the score table is formed on the basis of 4 criteria, with a maximum total score of 303-306 points:

  1. Performance - real increase of capital. Maximum - 200 points.

  2. Signal subscribers - nomination consists of 2 components:

    • DEMO - cumulative traded volumes copied by the DEMO signal subscribers active in Social Trading contest are taken into account. Restriction: the copied volume is counted if signal subscriber has subscribed to at least 5 providers. Maximum 15 points.
    • LIVE - cumulative traded volumes copied by the LIVE signal subscribers are taken into account. Maximum 10 points.

  3. Orders quality - volume-weighted share of trades made with conditional orders. It is calculated as a ratio of the traded volume made with conditional orders to the total traded volume. Conditional orders include pending Entry orders, SL and TP orders. Maximum – 50 points.
  4. Trader’s blog - The score entered by a moderator for the quality and accuracy of the posts with "Trader's blog" tag. Maximum 28-31 points (depends on the number of days in the current month).

According to the places in nomination 'Performance' ,the Participants will gain points from 200 till 1 in the following sequence: (1) 200, (2) 180, (3) 170, (4) 165, (5) 160, (6) 159, (7) 158, ... (164) 1.

For 'Signal subscribers' points are assigned linearly.

  • DEMO: (1) 15, (2) 14, (3) 13, ... (15) 1.
  • LIVE: (1) 10, (2) 9, (3) 8, ... (10) 1.

The 'Order's quality' evaluation is obtained from the volume-weighted share of trades made with conditional orders. The percentage of such trades is then multiplied by the maximum score – 50 points. E.g. 90% of conditional volumes – 45 points, 50% - 25 points, etc.

Moderators are checking the Trader's blog for all participants, that shall not post more than 1 time per day. 1 post per 1 day is counted and the maximum points depend on the number of days in the particular month. The Contest moderator decides whether to assign points for the posts or not. Posting of spam, senseless posts, plagiarism and over-citing will be punished by assigning -1 point for each post. The rule “1 post per 1 day is counted” is not applied for spam-posts.

Please notice: At equal quantity of points, the preference will be given to the trader with the latest date of registration in the Contest.


Only Participants with real positive increase of capital can be treated as Contest nominees.
The winners with higher than 60% of max draw-down can also claim prizes.

Prizes and Awarding Rules

  1. The total prize pool of USD 28,000 is distributed among 30 winners of the Contest in the following manner:
    • 1st place and nomination 'The Trader of the Month' - 6,000 USD.
    • 2nd place - 3,500 USD
    • 3rd place - 2,500 USD
    • 4th place - 2,000 USD
    • 5th-6th place - 1,500 USD
    • 7th-10th places - 1,000 USD
    • 11th-20th places - 500 USD
    • 21st-30th places - 200 USD
  2. The contest winners may withdraw their cash prizes and the profits generated from their cash prizes on their respective sub-accounts after meeting the minimum turnover requirement. The minimum turnover requirement constitutes 2.5 million USD for every 100 USD won in the contest.:
    • 1st place - 150 million USD
    • 2nd place - 87.5 million USD
    • 3rd place - 62.5 million USD
    • 4th place - 50 million USD
    • 5th-6th place - 37.5 million USD
    • 7th-10th places - 25 million USD
    • 11th-20th places - 12.5 million USD
    • 21th-30th places - 5 million USD
  3. Participants are allowed to withdraw funds in full only when there are no blocked prizes on the account. Profit can only be withdrawn when there are no blocked prizes on the account.

    If there are both blocked and unblocked prizes:
    • participants are only allowed to withdraw the sum of unblocked prizes;
    • only the positive difference between equity and sum of blocked funds can be withdrawn;
    • the sum of withdrawn funds can't exceed the sum of unblocked funds.
  4. Top-3 position winners are required to take part in one broadcast of Dukascopy Community TV. Broadcasts are open-format and Participants have the opportunity of presenting the trading strategies and principles that lead them to success in the particular contest, taking part in the discussion of one of the open discussion of the Live TV or suggesting another topic of their interest related to Forex/Economics/Trading psychology etc.

    The broadcast is to be carried within one calendar month after the end of the contest month. Dukascopy representatives will be in contact with every of the winners to appoint a commonly convenient time for the broadcast.

    The only device Participants need to take part in the web-broadcast is a microphone and a web-cam. Broadcasts are held in English. Cases when the prize winner does not master English at a sufficient level will be solved on an individual basis: either by outsourcing an interpreter or via other individual solutions.
  5. If Participant does not have a live account with Dukascopy, then he/she should proceed to the live account opening procedure in a regular way. If Participant does not comply with live account opening requirements, Dukascopy reserves the right to cancel the cash prize.
  6. Cash prizes may be credited only to a live sub-account open with Dukascopy in the name of the relevant Participant.
  7. LIVE accounts which are credited with prize money are considered LIVE Prize accounts. LIVE Prize accounts can be credited only with cash prize money. Clients are not allowed crediting their own funds on this type of account.
  8. Prizes may only be credited to sub-accounts which are not linked to any Business Introducer. If needed, Dukascopy opens new sub-accounts not linked to the Participants’ Business Introducers, if any, and credit the prize(s) on such new sub-accounts.
  9. If a Participant already has a Live account but has not yet any open sub-account, Dukascopy opens a sub-account in the Participant’s reference currency and credits the prize(s) on this sub-account.
  10. Save contrary and valid preliminary written instruction of the Participant, Dukascopy converts the prize(s) into the currency of the sub-account on which the prize(s) shall be credited in application of the present “Prizes and Awarding Rules”. Such conversion is subject to fees as per the fee schedule posted on Dukascopy’s website.
  11. In case of Participant's refusal to participate in promotional events, interviews, public announcements in connection with the Contest, Dukascopy has the right to disqualify such Participant and give the respective prize to another Participant.

Fair Play

  1. Participants acknowledge and agree to make efforts to respect the principles of Fair Play.
  2. Participants must refrain from any dishonest and unfair conduct even if these activities are not fully described within the framework of the Contest rules.
  3. Such activities include, but are not limited to:
    • Registration of persons that are directly or indirectly related to other Participant
    • Various team tactics that include consolidation of Participants into a group with a purpose to get a statistical advantage on one of the accounts
    • Trading in opposite directions within one or more accounts
    • Spamming in private messages and comments
    • Any kind of manipulations with Orders quality points and other statistics
    • Other activities used to get an unfair advantage over other Participants

6/12 Statistiche per Signal Provider Grand Prix

  1. Total pip-points gained – The number of pip-points (EUR/USD pips equivalent) scored during the given statistical period.
  2. Avg. pip-points outcome from all positions – The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained/lost on all positions opened during the given statistical period.
  3. Most profitable trade – The number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained on the most profitable position opened during the given statistical period.
  4. Worst trade - The number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points lost on the most detrimental position opened during the given statistical period.
  5. Avg. pip-points gain on positive positions - The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points gained on all positive positions opened during the given statistical period.
  6. Avg. pip-points lost on negative positions - The average number of EUR/USD pips equivalent points lost on all negative positions opened during the given statistical period.
  7. Number of trades – Total number of trades conducted during the given statistical period.
  8. Avg. position size (USD) – The average size of a position opened during the given statistical period, in USD.
  9. Avg. trade time – The average duration of all positions opened during the given statistical period. From opening to closure.
  10. Maximum drawdown (%) – Maximum equity's depreciation, calculated as the percentage between the highest equity value and the lowest one during the given statistical period.
  11. Number of drawdowns – Total number of consecutive equity contractions during the given statistical period.
  12. Volume-weighted share of trades conducted with conditional orders – calculated as a ratio of the Traded volume made with conditional orders to the Total traded volume. These include entry pending orders, Stop-Loss and Take-Profit orders.
  13. Win/Loss ratio – Ratio of positive vs. negative positions opened during the given statistical period.

Charts

  1. Cumulative Profit/Loss dynamics - The chart is based on the continuous sum of periodic profits & losses. Starts from zero although traders actually start their trading with an initial deposit of 100,000 USD every month.
  2. Contest standings – Current rank of the trader in the respective period’s (1 month, 6 month or 1 year) standings of the Trader contest.
  3. Performance – Historical profit & loss results along a selected statistical period. Shown in pip points (EUR/USD pips equivalent).
  4. Traded volumes – Volumes traded historically during a selected statistical period. Shown in USD.
  5. Instruments – Distribution of instruments the trader uses for trading.

Other rules and policies

  1. Dukascopy reserves the right to use any kind of information posted by Participants within the framework of the Contest for its own purposes without prior coordination and approval from the authors. These purposes may include any kind of promotional activities or publicity campaigns, statistics collection etc.
  2. Dukascopy reserves the right to disqualify a Participant, to change the Contest rules, requirements and awards, without prior notice and at any time and at its sole discretion.

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